Metallic railway-tie.



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H. W. AVERY} METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

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Patented August 30, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

HENRY w. AVERY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF Io THE AVERYSTAMPING coMPam', or CLEVELAND, 0e10, A coaroaa- TION OF OHIO.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,768,839, dated August30, 1904. 1

I Application filed January 6, 19(14- i To aZZ it may concern:

Beit known that-I, Hum W. AVERY, aciti- A zen of the United States,residing at Cleveland,

: This invention is an improvement upon the theTaylor patent, No.525,927.- Such ties havl Serial 1%. 137,899. on model.)

The invention consists in he use, with two chairs having rail-holdingclaws on their up per surfaces and having transverse slots for thepassage of the tie-bar, of a tie-bar made of two parts, each part havingupon its upper 55 edge a claw for engaging with the outer edge f of therail-foot. and in providing means for adjustably securing such parts ofthe tie bar together, so to slightly increase or decrease ingspecifically the construction shown in Figure 1 of that patent and knowncommercially as 5 5 Chester ties have been put to practical use and withgreat success when they have been especially suited to the exactconditions of use. They have, however, been criticized by practicalrailroadcngineers because of their indi- 29 vidual unaclaptabilityQ Forexample, when they are built especially to fit rails of a definite size,as sixty-five-pound rails, and are i used on straight stretches they areentirely satisfactory; but if it is desired to use heavier 5 rails withthe same ties it is only possible to do this by changing the tie-barsand using tie-" bars whose rail-holding claws are separated aslightly-greater distance. This is of course practically objectionable,because it involves a considerable loss whenever the size of the railsis changed. Then again it is customary to slightly spread the rails oncurves, the spread being greater or less, depending upon the radius ofcurvature. These Chester ties are not adaptable to such slightmodifications of gage; Tie-bars especially constructed for such slightmodifications may of course be provided but to use them it requires thatthe construct-ion engineer shall carry with him bars of various sizes..as regards the distance between the rail-holding claws. for useunder all the varying conditions which arise, in the laying of tracks.This is of course very objectionablefor reasons wholly apart from the 45increased cost of. making-these various-sized tie-bars. The object ofthis invention is to render steel ties of the type referredto'universally adaptable to rails of different sizes and to va- 5Q riousslight changes in gage.

a one of my improved ties in use.

in the claims.

claws There is also through the top and 1 and the opposite rail-footunder the claw I) its effective l'ength-. that is to say, the distance66 type of steel railway-ties which are shown in between therail-holding claws thereon.

This invention also consists in the more spe'citic constrnction andcombinations of parts hereinafterdescribed, and definitely set forth 6 I5 In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of Fig. 2 is a'plan viewthereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the fish-plates usedin connecting the two portions of the tie-bar. 7

Referring to the parts by letters, A A represent the two chairs, whichhave flat tops (0 and diverging side flanges a, and each chair isalsoprovided with upturning rail-holding 75 the upper partof both 'sidehanger; of each chair a slot to which .the tie-bar B is fitted.

A rail C rests upon the flat top surface of each chair with one of therail-feet under the claws O on the top edge of the tie-bar. To thisextent the construction shown is, not new. 4, j

' The tie-bar B in the construction shown is of inve'rted-T shape,having the vertical web 6' and the two horizontal flanges 11*, which ex-5 tend in opposite directions from the lower edge of the web. Thisparticiilarshape is not, however, essential to the generic invention.-This tie-bar is made of two bars 6,

which meet about midway between the two 9 chairs, and these two bars areconnected in. any desired relationship with each other by thefish-plates D and bolts E. It is necessary. however, that thisconnection. between the two parts of the tie-bar shall be absolutelyrigid. Therefore the engaging faces of the fish-plates and bar-sectionsare, transversely serrated. Specifically the outer faces of the verticalweb of the tie-bar and the upper faces a l (it the two flanges thereofare transversely serrated. The fish-plates have outwardly-extendingflanges (Z on theirlower edges, which restupon flanges of the tie-bar,and the inner faces of the vertical parts of the fish-plates 5 and thelower faces of the flanges d are cor- 'respondingly serrated and engagewith the serrated faces of the ticker; The bolt-holes through thefish-plates are in the form of horizontal slots, which permit theadjustment IQ of the two parts of the tie-bar. Y

By readjusting the relation of the tie-bar sections the space betweenthe claws on the tie-bar and the claws on the chairs may be varied so asto be able to grasp rail-feet of 5' different widths, and the relativeposition of one or both of the chairs may he also changed. Wherefore itis clear that the described ties vare universally adaptable todifierent-sized rails and to variations in grade within small 20 limits.

Having described my invention, 1 clairn 1. A metallic tie composed oftwo chairs, having transverse slots through them, and havingrail-holding claws on theirupper faces, 5 corhbined with a tie-barcomposed of two sections which are fitted respectively to the slots inthe chairs, and have on the parts of the barsections which project abovesaid chairs, railholding claws, andmeans whereby to rigidly 3 connectthe two sections of said tie-bar, so as to Varythe distance between therail-holding claws thereon.-

2. A metallic tie compesedof two chairs ;which are transversc ly slottedand have holding claws on t eir top faces, a tieconiposed of tworelatively adjustable sect which are respectively fitted to the slotsaid chairs, and have rail-holding claw:

- their upper edge, fish plates and bolts for necting said tie-barsections. the enga; surfaces of said fisl1-pia tee and tie har sectbeing transversely serrated.

3. A metallic tie consisting of two ch having flat tops and ail-holdingclaws ext ing upward from tops and an inveru slot through the top of thechair and thr both side flanges thereof, with an inverte shaped tie-barmade of two sections whicl respectively fitted to thslots in the ch andare provided with a rail-holding formed inthe upward-projecting \yeb,sections being transversely serrated, at l inner ends, .on the outerfaces of the ver web, and on the upper horizontal faces 0 flanges, andangle-iron fish-plates whicli correspondingly serrated on their innerticai faces and lower horizontal faces, f0 gagement with theserrationson the tie sections, and bolts passing through the plates and tie-barsections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifi:

signature in the presenceof two witness HENRY W'. AVER Witnesses:

J. B. HULL B. W. BR GEEITw

